IBM announces up to 5% increase in monthly Entry WLC

I also can only find the non-USA announcement. What's the announcement letter number for the US? Ben Alford -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message

Cost of SAS

. That was no help for my shop. Has SAS changed their stance since 2006? Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

URL for IBM software

Anyone know the URL to find IBM software prices for customers? I seem to have lost the link. Thanks! Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Boxed Devices Ate My Job

of COND=... will help for a JCL error so the email and text message alerts were never sent. Suggestions for automation or notification? (MPFLST only) Automatically vary the boxed device back online? Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee

Re: FY08 Assessment Spreadsheet

My Bad! Sorry about that. Wrong list! Ben Alford -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu

Re: A Blank DSORG

=DA. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

IBM LCS

that data in COMMON as well as data buffers reside in the LCS under OS MVT. The LCS slowdown was noticable because the CPU had to wait longer for all data coming in/out of LCS and, of course, the CPU time was still ticking. I don't know if it slowed down channel access much. Ben Alford

Re: Determine Last LLA Refresh

records are formatted daily for mgmt who had to show the auditors when the LLA was refreshed. SYSLOG wasn't adequate for this; SMF was. Maybe someday IBM will write some SMF whenever LLA and/or VLF are modified, stopped, started, etc. (I don't know if it is a known SHARE requirement.) Ben Alford

Time Change and Darren

in TCPIP.SEZAINST for z/OS v1.7. We plan to bounce the SMTPSERV address space to pick up its new parms and refresh LLA after updating the SMTPNOTE clist. Do others handle these differently or have items I've left out? Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University

Re: Time Change and Darren

a down-level local version instead of the 1.7 version. So the CLIST can run now w/o further biannual changes. Ben Alford University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Phantom jobs after upgrade to z/OS 1.7

sounds like deja vu all over again. We were the first to report it. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

IEFC603I PROCLIB DEVICE I/O ERROR READING FOR JOB

It seems to me that JES2 could CLOSE and reOPEN the PROCLIB and redrive the job automatically instead of failing the poor user's job. If the I/O error happened a second time, then JES2 could give up like today. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University

Tape migration problem -any comment

not yet in a VTS. We were limited by the number of added tape mounts per day which our operators would tolerate. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN

Mainframe HMC Web Access via Microsoft IE 7

Our mainframe's HMC's web access is unusably slow when used with Internet Explorer 7. It works fine with IE 6 and all other browsers tried. We are currently running HMC level 1.8.2 Driver 55. Any ideas for IE 7 and the HMC? Ben Alford

z/OS V1.7 V1.8 Migration Issue - APAR OA17662 pre-MVS

. The apar text says S/360, but I think it may really be a problem for a few other OLD load modules too. Here's one from the way-back machine. (and its not a card rdr/punch!) Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee

Re: Moving data from old cartridges (3490) to new ones (3

and other magic. Before the fix, stacking many small files to a 3590 was slower than using 3480's or 3490's. See IBM's annoucement letter 101-291 from Oct. 2001 for details from the wayback machine. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee

Re: JES2 Not Dormant

positive for RACF, which JES wasn't waiting on. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Alert! IBM APAR OA17290 for FDRABR Users on z/OS V1.7

FDRABR users on z/OS V1.7 and up need to look at IBM HIPER APAR OA17290. It closed on July 24, 2006. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

3390 Mod-9 +

to fill a mod 9 disk. We are still using mod 3's for local page datasets. WLM controlled PAV's might, however, allow multiple local page datasets on a single mod 9. However, I believe IBM has said on this forum that the BCP would only use 2 PAV's for paging. Ben Alford

IRX0157E

(LIST1403) says: Job HTE7709I is optional. ... CPPEAKG should only have been installed if you have Tivoli Newtview System Services (fmid:HENV510) and REXX LIB/370 (fmid:HWJ9133) or IBM Alternate Library for REXX on zSeries (fmid:HWJ9143). Ben Alford Enterprise

Alter - APAR OA16334 Serverpac Built SYSLIB concat wrong

Heads up for z/OS V1.7 Serverpacs generated between Feb. 15 and May 26, 2006. APAR OA16334 says the SMP/E SYSLIB concat order is built wrong, with DLIBS before TARGET datasets. Bummer...this apar came out after I'd installed the system and applied maint to the test system... Ben Alford

Alert OA16334 - Update

It looks like SMP/E only used the SYSLIB DD when doing an assembly. Of the 400+ fixes I've installed on my 1.7 system, I've only found one assembly. I'm restoring those fixes and will reapply with the corrected SYSLIB. YMMV Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming

VSAM Extent Consolidation

Actually I was lamenting that the VSAM Extent Consolidation doesn't work for non-system managed datasets, not that it didn't work on non-VSAM datasets. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee

VSAM Extent Consolidation

provided toleration support. Unfortunately, the manual says the Extent Consolidation isn't supported for non-SMS datasets. Bummer. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee -- For IBM

DB2 for z/OS V7 - Cluster with Expiration Date EQ 99365

the field in the ICF catalog. Unfortunately, we aren't collecting the ICF SMF records for started tasks due to the high volume, so we cannot verify if a STC changed the field. Anyone else seen something like this? (Running DB2 for z/OS V7 on z/OS V1.4.) Ben Alford Enterprise

Re: controlling user who can mount tape.

for existing datasets in these environments, so they cannot prevent users from mounting existing tape datasets. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED

DUMP Datasets and SMS

; put 'J7280.PMR15625.TESTIRAA.TERSE' pmr15625.testiraa.terse ; QUIT; Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED

ESCON to FICON conversion(R)

/second. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

IPL Frequency

to be down @ 3am. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

IPL Frequency

We still IPL at least every 6 weeks to recycle ASID's. We bounce 4 DB2 subsystems nightly and that chews them up. We are running z/OS V1.4. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED

SBD4 at z/OS 1.4 IPL

using 2500 MB for our test system to allow it to test using memory above the bar. Ben Alford Enterprise Systems Programming University of Tennessee[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN